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RBR 750 intermittently crashes with high load on ethernet
I've tried repeatedly searching and see this problem mentioned, but I've yet to see a solution. I've got an RBR750 (latest firmware, +2 wired satellites) connected to a CM1100 cable modem with gi...
wheatt wrote:
Everything mostly works well, but I've noticed intermittent crashes when using my desktop computer connected via ethernet.
What is it that "crashes"? (The desktop computer or the Orbi router?) More detail would be helpful.
It seems a bit "overkill" to deploy a 2.5G Ethernet adapter when the router WAN and LAN ports are all gigabit. If the adapters are engineered correctly, they should negotiate the only possible connection speed, which is gigabit. This can be verified on the router side by looking at the Advanced Tab home page and clicking on the blue box "Show Statistics".
Users with gigabit ISP connections do Speed Tests all the time. It is not likely that Ookla Speedtest generates enough traffic to crash a 750 router. Nor will typical internet games.
It's the Orbi router. My computer stays connected and is fine aside from no longer having internet. Maybe crash isn't the right word. Clients stay connected to the network (wired and wireless), but none have internet connectivity. Purple light on the router.
I guess it's probably not saturating the network, but I'm able to most consistently replicate it by running speedtest.net. It's intermittent, but running speedtest.net will sometimes cause the router to lose connection with the internet entirely. I can get things back online by unplugging/replugging the router.
I don't think it has anything to do with the satellites because my computer is connected directly to the router via ethernet cable.
There are threads of other users complaining of similar internet connection loss when using Creative Cloud without a solution.
I'm using a 2.5g ethernet adapter since it was inexpensive and to future-proof.
Thanks for reading!